New blog

Okay lah, it's not a big secret or a terribly important thing, but I changed my blog add. Feel free to visit if you want. For password-protected posts, I will only give to a handful, so if I don't, please don't feel offended. New blog! Goodbye Blogger, I still miss you sometimes. But I like the categories in Wordpress. It was good while it lasted.

Full-time bummer

Depressed. So this is how unemployed people feel. I finally know the meaning of it all. Went job hunting today, and I got rejected by all the boutiques in Jurong Point. Haha. One can only take that much of rejection, you know. Hmm, maybe things won't be that bad. I'll just concentrate on that work-from-home assignment that I have at the moment. And come end of January, I'll have a job (hopefully, cos the interview is next Wednesday) for 8 whole days at Sentosa. Maybe they'll hire me! I sure hope so. Hopefully the 8 days' pay will be enough to keep me fed for a month while I get another part-time temporary job (hopefully there'll be some SingTel roadshows sometime soon) I haven't been blogging much of late. No mood to, I guess. And I haven't had any blog-worthy updates. Some pictures from yesterday. Morning: Met up with Jamie for breakfast at Macdonald's at Jurong Point. She had *look of disbelieve* a Happy meal. Complete with a "Chronicles of Narnia" figurine (ahem, toy).

Afternoon: Met up with Rachel for lunch at Food Republic at Wisma Atria (by the way, I'm bothered by how we call it Wisma. 'Wisma' means 'building' in Malay. It sounds stupid calling a building 'building' as if it were its name). We went shopping after lunch, and I bought a pair of heels from Isetan, facial masques and nail polish from The Face Shop, a polo-necked top from Bossini, a bath lily from Body Shop, and facial cleanser (the Olay one). Snacked on doughnuts for tea (from Pop-Doh at Taka food court) which was marvellous. You should try it. 5-stars! Okay some pics: Rather insteresting decor at Food Republic. This is just the food stall, which was near our table. Dim sum (mine) and beef noodles (Rach's). I wasn't too hungry. Food was okay, nothing fantabulous about that place. Just like any other food court, just that it's more upmarket cos it's at Wisma Atria, and hence the jacked-up prices. The heels I bought. Which I wore almost immediately cos my own heels were hurting my heels. Okay, that sentence sounds weird. Haha! Rach and I outside Taka food court. We sat on one of those benches and had our snacks while resting our tired feet. Okay, well, mine was tired anyway. After that, Rach accompanied me to an interview at Tanjong Pagar, then we took a train home. I headed to JP, and went to the Library to borrow some books. Evening: Dinner with Melly at Delifrance at JP. We managed to catch up over dinner. Talked about some of my future plans, and stuff. It was good to meet up again cos I haven't seen her in a looooong time. Not since that day at SAC during the exam period. I had some chicken thingie. And she had some pasta stew thingie. For dessert, she had chocolate ice cream while I had creme brulee. Tasted okay but nothing fantastic. Forgot to take pics of us after dinner cos I was abit distraught. Realised that I had lost my bank card and was calling the DBS card hotline to cancel it (they ask a million questions before they can cancel the card). Luckily I had enough to pay for dinner. Haha! Today I went to get a new bank card, then hang out at JP Coffee Bean alone. I read an entire book while I was there. This one: Holly, by Jude Deveraux Then I walked around JP looking for a job at the boutiques. With dismal results, as I previously mentioned. Bah. Time for Love Concierge on Ch8.

Quite amazing!

The Hall Office had irritatingly changed to PIN number of the mechanical lock for the female toilet again, and as always they informed us via a slip of paper which they slid under our room door. When I walked into the room this morning, I picked up the piece of paper, glanced at it, then put it on the table and forgot about it. I rushed out soon after, and came back pretty late. As I walked to the bathroom for my shower, I realised that I'd not memorised the new PIN number yet. I turned the handle, but the door remained locked. So I stood in front of the door, staring at the numbers on the buttons, concentrating and trying to remember (I'm so lazy that I didn't want to walk back the 20m to my room to get the paper) the number. Then my right index finger went up to it confidently, and punched out 6 digits. The door magically opened. Haha!

Christmas Dinner!

Too lazy to blog properly, so here are the pics! Turkey and baked potatoes, salad, fried rice, mashed potatoes, yum! And yummy chocolate cheesecake! Usually I'm the one who carves the turkey at home every Christmas. This year, Lik helps out too. Haha. I look super auntie today. Haha. Christmas is Jesus' birthday. And my Daddy's birthday too! I love my Daddy. The homemade cake may lack in presentation, but it makes up for that in the rich taste; it just melts in your mouth and feels like heaven. : ) My Mommy and Daddy! Our Christmas tree! I like! And finally, groupshots. : ) I love my family. Miss Doreen and Elaine lots. Although you all couldn't make it back for the Christmas dinner this year, you were present in our hearts - we all told stories about you two over dinner. : ) Wish you guys were here.

Merry Christmas!

I'm actually feeling quite grumpy due to a lack of sleep. I finally fell asleep at 5am or so, after staying up to finish the novel that I was reading, and lying in bed in the dark playing Puzzle Bubble and Snake on my handphones for about an hour cos I was tossing and turning so badly that I irritated myself. Haha! Anyway, I was woken up at 9:30am to eat mian xian. Cos it's Daddy's birthday today, and we have mian xian every year. Mummy was already busy in the kitchen by then. Anyway, I missed lunch cos I had breakfast. Does that sound weird? But uhm, if I have breakfast, I'll usually skip lunch. Haha. I slept thru lunch anyway. Hehe! Waiting for X'mas dinner! Will take loads of pics today. Haha.

Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!

What does Christmas mean to you?

Or any other festive season, for that matter? To me, it's a time of gathering with my family, literally. Because we are 6 people in 5 different places, so coming home for a festive season is somewhat, more special, more meaningful. Christmas is especially meaningful, because it's a double celebration for our family - it's also my Daddy's birthday! I've never spent Christmas with anyone else except my family for the past 21 years, and this year I'm stil gonna do it the same way. Come Christmas morning, Mom will be in a frenzied rush, trying to get everything ready for dinner time. There would be the turkey to roast, the salad to toss, the potatoes to bake, and the birthday cake to mix. We'd all be drooling with the thought of the yummilicious turkey that's roasting in the oven. Mommy's turkey is really the best. The stuffing is so delicious that none other that I've eaten comes in a close second. Christmas dinner hardly varies, but that doesn't keep us from waiting excitedly for it each year. Daddy's birthday cake is almost invariably a cheese cake (our favourite) but we love it all the same. I remember Christmas 2003 was spent without Daddy - he was away in China, working. But Ben and Eugene came over. Doreen wasn't home either, that year. Christmas 2004 was a huge affair, with many relatives (not that I particularly like them) and alot of noise. The general atmosphere was high and everyone was eating and laughing. But I'd much prefer it to be a quiet and small party, with just my family and maybe our "selected guests". Haha. These selected guests would usually be our (my sisters' and mine) boyfriends. This year, Doreen's not coming home, so Al won't be here either; Elaine is away in UK, so her mysterious bf would have to remain mysterious; and I'm single and unavailable, so none from my side. Serene will be bringing Lik; nothing new there, Lik is almost a permanent fixture in our home. Haha! I'm really looking forward to this Christmas. It's gonna be just us -we're gonna play the Christmas carols on the stereo, light up the Christmas tree (which has been put up), open presents and cards, and eat (it's always the whole point, isn't it?) and be thankful for another year passed. Okay, this entry is somewhat haphazard, but it's alright. I just want to explain why I am so happy about Christmas being here, why I must spend Christmas at home, and why I cannot spend my Christmas outside with the many friends who have invited me for countdowns, parties, dinners, and whatnots this Christmas. Thank you for remembering me, though. : ) P.S.: I've been wondering why my Chinese characters don't show up anymore after I changed the layout. I finally realised that I had to declare the encoding in the template codes and set it to UTF-8.

Listening to: 张韶涵- 遗失的美好

The first time I heard this song (or rather, really paid attention to it) was when Chew Sin Huey (石欣卉) sang it on Project Superstar. I thought she did it brilliantly. No prizes for guessing who I was rooting for during Project Superstar. Haha. It's another slow day at home. I woke up really early today. 11.40am. Wow. I woke up before noon! Haha. I've been sleeping until at least 1pm for the past week. Daddy is coming home today! Yay. Christmas is really coming now. Heh. Hmm. So this is what it feels like to have nothing to blog everyday. So this is what it feels like to blog about nothing everyday. So this is what it feels like to force yourself to open the blogger page just to type something everyday. Haha. Last night, I chatted with he-who-must-not-be-named. It seemed like the old times again when we'd chat freely and late into the night, on the phone and on MSN. I can't remember why I used to like him, though. Maybe it was the easy conversation that we had between us and the way he understood me. Anyway, I'm so bored. I'm downloading the new 吴克群 album, 大顽家. Not that I really like him, but some of his songs are quite nice. Haha. I think songs-downloading is addictive. For me, at least. I am almost obsessive about it. Haha. What should I do now? Read? Paint? Watch TV? : (